Spinach — Yield in France
France: Spinach — Yield was 16,992 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spinach — Yield in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — yield in France is 16,992 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.8% on the previous year and down 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in France peaked at 21,499 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 12,214 kg/ha, in 1984.
France ranks 22nd of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,678 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,854 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1963 | 16,328 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 17,850 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1965 | 19,501 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1966 | 20,890 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 20,026 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1968 | 17,513 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1969 | 16,743 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1970 | 16,478 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1971 | 15,567 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1972 | 16,171 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 14,549 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1974 | 13,535 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1975 | 14,181 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 12,756 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1977 | 14,264 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1978 | 13,683 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 13,738 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 14,244 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 13,327 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1982 | 13,955 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 12,676 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1984 | 12,214 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 13,058 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 12,846 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 12,443 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 12,969 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 15,517 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1990 | 14,592 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1991 | 16,392 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1992 | 16,753 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 16,568 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 15,015 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1995 | 17,016 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1996 | 16,732 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 17,764 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 17,465 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 18,180 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 17,761 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 17,295 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 19,734 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2003 | 19,857 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 19,970 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 20,998 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 20,701 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 19,653 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 19,098 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 19,183 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 18,666 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 18,994 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 19,505 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 19,494 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 20,228 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 20,128 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 21,499 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 21,214 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 20,876 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 20,827 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 18,122 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2021 | 19,916 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2022 | 19,198 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 18,046 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2024 | 16,992 kg/ha | -5.8% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 16,992 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 10,617 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- France's 16,992 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 11,891 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,154 kg/ha | 16,328 kg/ha | 20,890 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,492 kg/ha | 12,756 kg/ha | 16,478 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,325 kg/ha | 12,214 kg/ha | 15,517 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,648 kg/ha | 14,592 kg/ha | 18,180 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,425 kg/ha | 17,295 kg/ha | 20,998 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,143 kg/ha | 18,666 kg/ha | 21,499 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,455 kg/ha | 16,992 kg/ha | 19,916 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — yield in France?
- Spinach — yield in France was 16,992 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 21,499 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,214 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does France rank for spinach — yield?
- France ranks 22nd out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Spinach — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.